this is another example of tearing down an historic resource, replacing it with some money sucking crap and extolling the past that has just been destroyed.progress!

when the jefferson was no longer regularly showing movies they had silent nights a with piano player accompanying the silent movie.

and i believe this is where we saw the last of lenny bruce during his final performances while he was in court with the suits - for profanity.most of his performance was about the court case and it was very sad.

They built this thing on an empty lot (the old theater had been torn down long ago) and they're conscious of the history of the lot / area. How "sensible" the pricing is remains to be seen, but this doesn't sound as bad to me as other developments in the area.Disclaimer though; I don't live in the "North-West East Village;" I live in the South-Central (ha!) part of the neighborhood. So this place won't be right next-door.

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